Amidst the shadowy darkness of the Philippine islands, beyond the mundane light of human settlements, there is a figure that bears witness to their insidious existence: the Manananggal. This creature, who appears to be a simple, simple woman, hides within herself a dark and unfathomable darkness. She is the embodiment of contradiction, a body divided in two, a soul divided. […]

The depths of the human soul are shaped by the striving for understanding, the unstoppable search for meaning and the eternal struggle with transience. This striving, this search, this struggle, they are all captured in a term that carries with it both a touch of beauty and melancholy: vanitas. Vanitas, the Memento Mori […]

There was once a king who ruled the dark realm of Angmar, a monarch of unlimited power and unimaginable cruelty known as the Witch-King of Angmar. Born in the shadows, he was seduced by the dark lord Sauron and given one of the nine rings of power given to mortals. But this ring, filled […]

Once, in the mists of infinity, before the light of the sun penetrated the forests of Middle-earth, there existed a being of frightening power and frightening beauty - Sauron. A figure of discord and contradiction, a master of deception and betrayal, a servant of evil and a harbinger of doom. Sauron, whose name itself is in the Elven language [...]

In the deep, mystical expanses of Ireland there is a figure who appears in the twilight and announces the inevitable with her mere presence: the Banshee. She is a creature of shadows, a spirit between worlds, a being called in the language of men “Lady of the Hills” or “Lady of the Fairies”. The Banshee, […]